Ontario News

TORONTO — The City of Toronto has given Rogers Communications Inc. the green light to set up cameras and sensors at five downtown intersections that will track the movement of vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists with the aim of alleviating gridlock.

TORONTO — Ontario plans to give front-line wildland firefighters and pilots a $5,000 bonus and make 100 of those jobs permanent in an effort to recruit and retain more workers.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (22,087.26, up 41.55 points): TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Up 62 cents, or 1.15 per cent, to $54.66 on 13.6 million shares.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose Thursday to scrape out a new all-time closing high, while U.S. markets continued to set their own records. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 41.55 points at 22,087.26. Its previous record was 22,087.

TORONTO — A Toronto police officer teared up on the stand Thursday as she recalled the events that led to her partner's death nearly three years ago, and the shock she felt at the sight of his broken body. Sgt.

TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada says it will be closing 25 HSBC Bank Canada branches and rebranding dozens more after its takeover deal closes next week.

BARRIE, Ont. — Charges have been stayed against a second woman in the high-profile case of Elnaz Hajtamiri, the woman who Ontario police allege was abducted and killed by her ex-boyfriend.

TORONTO — Businesses are increasingly concerned about ESG fraud, which is when a company's environmental, social and governance efforts or data are exaggerated, embellished or distorted.

TORONTO — Ikwinder Singh is too young to remember the last time Punjabi music was on the cusp of breaking into the mainstream in Canada.

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — Ontario is giving municipalities $1.6 billion more for building key infrastructure to help support new home construction.